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Top KGB defector and Cold War spy found dead at home aged 86

Code-named Hetman, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the Cold War’s most important spies

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2025

Top KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky dies aged 86

Code-named Hetman, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the most important spies of the Cold War.

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025

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Oleg Gordievsky obituary

Russian spy who was the highest ranking KGB officer to defect to Britain

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025

MI6 has never had a female spy chief. That could be about to change

Real-life spies say their world is nothing like that of James Bond, but in one way truth may soon follow fiction: MI6 could be about to get its first female leader

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Former MI6 chief: Putin has one plan to get everything he wants from Trump

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger has urged President Trump to push back against Vladimir Putin's “maximalist demands”, claiming the US president has “far more power that even he realises”.

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Amazon plots first female 007 as James Bond franchise plans shake-up

Other proposals included spin-offs centred around Bond’s CIA ally Felix Leiter

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2025

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What Amazon MGM’s creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007

James Bond was front and center at the 2025 Academy Awards – and in a somewhat curious way.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025

Joe Alwyn's words about the potential of becoming James Bond are going viral

Marie Claire · Mar 3, 2025

Live like James Bond: The 007 filming locations you can visit

The secret agent has left bullet holes and martini glasses across the world, from Jamaica to the Scottish Highlands, Istanbul to Shanghai

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

Starmer backs Zelensky after Trump calls Ukrainian leader ‘a dictator’

A former head of MI6 suggested the dispute between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky would be ’emboldening’ for Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

Daniel Khalife: Prison break soldier who spied for Iran wanted to be James Bond

Daniel Khalife passed on secrets to Iran after his efforts to become a British secret agent were rebuffed

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

7 best shows like 'The Recruit' to watch after you finish season 2

What to watch after the Netflix's spy thriller 'The Recruit'

Tom’s Guide · Feb 2, 2025

Trump ‘decided not to pay’ legal fees of company sued over dossier allegations

Mr Trump was ordered to pay the legal costs of a company he unsuccessfully sued after his case was thrown out last year.

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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Tom’s Guide · Jan 24, 2025

This new spy thriller on Paramount Plus just wrapped up an epic first season — and it literally gave me chills

"The Agency" season 1 finale is the best yet for Paramount Plus's spy thriller. Here's why.

Top News · Jan 14, 2025

Queen Elizabeth II Unaware Of Art Adviser's Soviet Spy Past

Declassified files from Britain's National Archives reveal the double lives of Cambridge spies Anthony Blunt and Kim Philby, their espionage activities, an...

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

MI5 files: The biggest secrets uncovered from the Cambridge Five archives

From a major UK film star to the Queen’s senior courtier – declassifed documents tell a new story about British spies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection

Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot

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Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

Last secrets of notorious spy Kim Philby revealed: from traitor’s confession to Queen’s involvement

Trove of newly declassified files detail investigations into some of the country’s most notorious double agents, the ‘Ring of Five’, who passed information to the Soviets for three decades

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

Kim Philby owned up to spying for Russia – but said he would do it all again

Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025

John le Carré’s archive saves his children a £1.5m tax bill as family expands his world on screen and page

The master of spy fiction’s archive officially classed as cultural heritage

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

Hugh Bonneville reveals how he found out his mother worked at MI6

The Downton Abbey star said his father was clueless about his wife’s secret job

The Conversation · Dec 27, 2024

The world’s most bizarre secret weapons: how pigeons, cats, whales and even robotic catfish have acted as spies through the ages

The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying for Moscow was found dead in Norwegian waters in September, the animal soon became a minor celebrity.

Tom’s Guide · Dec 23, 2024

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Here's how to stream the 5 spy thriller shows of 2024.

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